Valeriana tripteris, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 54

10. V. tripteris L. , Sp. Pl. 32 (1753) .

Rhizome branched, bearing short non-flowering stems sometimes resembling stolons. Flowering stems 10-40(-60) cm, several, hairy at the nodes. Leaves of non-flowering shoots and mature basal leaves ovate, cordate, crenate or shallowly dentate, long-petiolate; middle and upper cauline leaves usually 3-foliolate or -fid with ovate or lanceolate terminal segments, sometimes pinnatifid. Flowers pink or white; corolla-tube 2-4 mm. Fruit 3-4 mm, glabrous. 2/7= 16. Woods, scrub and rocky ground, usually calcicole. • From the Vosges and the Carpathians to N. Spain, S. Italy and N. Greece. Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).